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remission

noun

1 remission

An abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease):
— His cancer is in remission.

synonyms: remittal, subsidence.

Roget 738: laxity; laxness, looseness, slackness; toleration etc. (lenity) 740; freedom etc. 748.    anarchy, interregnum; relaxation; ... show more

Roget 174: moderation, lenity etc. 740; temperateness, gentleness etc. adj.; sobriety; quiet; mental calmness etc. (inexcitability) 826.    ... show more

Roget 142: cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence.    intermission, remission; suspense, suspension; interruption; stop; stopping etc. v.; closure, ... show more

Polish: remisja

2 remission

A payment of money sent to a person in another place.

synonyms: remitment, remittal, remittance.

Dutch: afdracht, overschrijving, remise
Polish: przekaz

3 remission

law The act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).

synonyms: remit, remitment.

4 remission

The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance.

synonyms: absolution, remission of sin, remittal.

Roget 918: forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve.    conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation etc. ... show more

Dutch: dispensatie, vergiffenis, absolutie, kwijtschelding
Polish: danie rozgrzeszenia, rozgrzeszenie, udzielenie rozgrzeszenia


Moby thesaurus: abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, acquittance, allayment, alleviation, amnesty, assuagement, attrition, blunting, break, caesura, calming, catabasis, cease-fire, clearance, clearing, collapse, compurgation ... show more.

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